Arise, Sir Wiggo: Bradley Wiggins receives knighthood

Speaking after receiving his knighthood at Buckingham Palace, Sir Bradley
Wiggins said the award was a "lovely thing to have"

Sir Bradley, who was joined at Buckingham Palace by his wife and two children, said the title was an "incredible honour" for the "inferior" accomplishment of winning a bike race.

Still visibly shell-shocked moments after the ceremony, he said: "It was quite nerve-wracking actually. I'm just incredibly uncomfortable in those circumstances.

"I'm still shaking now, to be honest. I'm glad it's over. The Queen asked what I'm doing now, and it was an incredible summer last year.

"I mean it's quite humbling, really, being here. I was just talking to some of the other people getting stuff, and asking them what they've been honoured for, and they're historic things, ground-breaking sciences or whatever.

"I've won a bike race, you know, and I feel a little bit inferior to everyone, really.